Thus, cells may suffer successive loss of the 5'-ends of their chromosomes at each cell division. This problem is solved by the presence of non-coding short tandemrepeat sequences called telomeres at the ends of chromosomes (Blackburn, 1984).
Thus, cells may suffer successive loss of the 5'-ends of theirchromosomes at each cell division. This problem is solved by thepresence of non-coding short tandemrepeat sequences called telomeresat the ends of chromosomes (Blackburn, 1984).